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No stay, Florida executes Michael Bell for 1993 slayings in Jacksonville
It's done. Michael Bell, 54, has been lethally injected for the 1993 ambush murders of a young couple in Jacksonville in a ...
As Michael Bell execution nears, a look at Duval County's role in Florida's executions
Michael Bell will be the 50th person from Duval County put to death in Florida. But Duval's ties to Florida's executions run ...
Report: Michael Bell is one of 50 sent to infamous state reform schools who ended up on death row
A nonprofit identified at least 50 people who attended Dozier and Okeechobee, a similar state-run reform school, who ended up ...
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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs death warrant in brutal 1982 Bay County murder
More than 43 years after Janet White was abducted from a Bay County office and murdered, Gov. DeSantis signed a death warrant for Kayle Bates.
Opinion
Editorial: One Florida death factory leads to another
Florida’s notorious youth prison, the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, was so brutal that the state is paying millions of dollars in reparations to aging men for their suffering there. And on Tuesday ...
Dozens of teens who spent time at abusive Florida reform school ended up on Death Row
Michael Bell, set to be executed Tuesday, is among at least 34 boys from the Dozier School later sentenced to death. Did ...
A tragic legacy: Dozens of Florida reform school kids wound up on state's death row
Michael Bell's execution highlights the troubling legacy of childhood trauma inflicted at Florida's reform schools, raises ...